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Isaiah 30:3

Old Testament Major Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Isaiah 30:3 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
Isaiah 30:3 — American Standard Version

Context — Isaiah 30

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
1Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, that take counsel, but not of me; and that make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,
2that set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt!
3Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
4For their princes are at Zoan, and their ambassadors are come to Hanes.
5They shall all be ashamed because of a people that cannot profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
6The burden of the beasts of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit [them].
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, &c.] They should be disappointed of the help and assistance they expected from him, and so be ashamed of their ally, and of confidence in him: and the trust in the shadow of Egypt [your] confusion; they should be confounded, when they should find themselves unsupported by the Egyptians, in whom they put their confidence; so all such that trust in the creature, or in an arm of flesh, sooner or later are ashamed and confounded; but those that trust in the Lord never are, neither in this world, nor in that to come.”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“shame--disappointment. Egypt, weakened by its internal dissensions, can give no solid help.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“the strength: Isa 30:5-7, Isa 20:5; Jer 37:5-10 your confusion: Isa 45:16, Isa 45:17; Jer 17:5, Jer 17:6; Rom 5:5, Rom 10:11 Isaiah 30:4”
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